Welcome to "Diggin' In The Digits", where Creator of 'Hip-Hop By The Numbers' Ben Carter and Director of 'The 5th Element' Charlie Taylor deliver entirely unique retrospectives behind Hip-Hop's biggest artists, stories & its roots, discussing them in detail.
From Australia to the UK and beyond.
A 5EPN Original.
It's time for another edition of Hip-Hop Neighbours where we talk about non-Hip-Hop works that Hip-Hop fans love regardless. For this volume, we talk about the works of Tame Impala & KAYTRANADA.
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It's time to explore the world of Hip-Hop in Australia and there's no better place to look than the most popular Hip-Hop act in Australia. Hilltop Hoods, a trio that needed a bank loan to fund their …
If you were on a desert island and you had one artist's discography to spin, who would you pick? If you said your favourite artist, then sure. But think about a Shabazz Palaces where the music is so …
If you ever need a story of resilience, look no further than the career arc of Camp Lo; who began with a classic debut, chose to go independent, have their work suffer because of it and at their lowe…
We get into another Bites where we talk about goings on in the Hip-Hop/music world. For this one we get into the Beyonce/Kelis/Neptunes sample controversy and looking into The Notorious B1, an artist…
In Volume 8 of Contemporary Cool: We look at the works of Rico Nasty, Megan Thee Stallion, Curren$y & The Alchemist and Kojey Radical.
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It is a tale as old as time. When you're as experimental as an N*E*R*D that simply refused to be labelled and went out of their way to be different; sometimes, it just doesn't hit. But when it hits..…
One of the most prolific names in Hip-Hop production, The Neptunes: Pharrell Williams & Chad Hugo, could work with anybody in the mainstream and somehow make it a bop. They are responsible for birthi…
Half the year has gone by. Time flies when you're having fun, but then we start thinking about social media and then get sad. But whilst we admittedly get bogged down on that, we do recap the year so…
Since the 90s, Evidence has been steadily building one of the most consistent careers in Hip-Hop history. Whether it's in a group, duo or solo, Evidence always manages to produce solid work, with his…
One of the more satisfying retrospectives, Dilated Peoples - consisting of DJ Babu, Evidence & Rakaa Iriscience - have one of the most consistent discographies in Hip-Hop history. Along with a strong…
We continue our "Book Of Wu" series with the large solo discography of the 10th member of the Clan, Cappadonna, whose story and place within the Clan gives a lot more for conversation than his discog…
Anonymity in Hip-Hop Twitter, like everywhere on the Internet, is something worth putting thought over. Is it an issue to have anonymity for accounts that have genuine sway over Internet discourse? I…
For this edition of Hip-Hop Neighbours, we explore two bands with connective tissue to Hip-Hop in one way or another: Rage Against The Machine & Red Hot Chili Peppers.
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We finish our three-part retrospective of Kendrick Lamar with a dialogue on his latest album "Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers", looking at the body of work from multiple angles and detailing it's uniqu…
We continue our retrospective on Kendrick Lamar, talking about his album run from "Section. 80" to "DAMN." with a challenge to say things about the albums that we haven't already.
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With the landmark release of his last album under the label that helped take him to the highest of music heights and his future looking fascinatingly uncertain, we begin a three-part retrospective on…
It's time for another Contemporary Cool and for this one, we get into projects by Add-2, Noname, A$AP Ferg & K.A.A.N.
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Masta Killa is the most mysterious member of the legendary group. Whilst most of the group went to major labels, MK went independent, took the longest to drop his debut solo album and hasn't got a ba…
In a low-key iconic* episode of DITD, we do another Volume of Hip-Hop Neighbours, (which is mistakenly called by a former name throughout the episode) going off our mini-convo about Calvin Harris las…